Tag: teachers
Curing Initiative Fatigue
For many educators, the beginning of the school year is the best of times and the worst of times. It’s exciting to prepare for...
Talk, Read, Talk, Write
Teachers often feel immense pressure to cover too much material in too little time. They work tirelessly to ensure that their students are adequately...
Inspiration from Live Interaction
Going to a conference is like attending a live performance. It is interactive, a shared experience. The audience and the presenters are sharing time,...
A Network of Teachers for Globally Connected Immersion Classrooms
This summer, for the first time, there will be a special event designed to bring immersion and CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) educators together....
LA Strike Sets Tone for Funding, Charters
Weakening of districts and unions through increased “charterization” was at the heart of the dispute
As the teachers’ strike in the nation’s second-largest school district...
China Wants Filipino English Teachers
An English-teaching platform aimed at the $4.5 billion market for online language lessons in China is looking to hire 100,000 Filipino English teachers over...
Cooperative Construction
Andrea Honigsfeld and Maria Dove examine the architecture of co-assessment practices for English learners
The topic of assessment often weighs heavily on the shoulders of...
Be Global Ready on June 22
Language Resources for Teachers & Schools
Join the U.S. Department of Education for an in-person and online Be Global Ready event to share resources to...
New Study Finds Virtual Schools Underperforming
School performance measures for both virtual and blended schools indicate that they are not as successful as traditional public schools, according to NEPC’s Sixth...
Teachers Don’t Add Up
Instead of further denigrating the education profession by suggesting that teachers double up as armed bodyguards in the wake of the latest school shooting,...
